Choosing and getting to know an au pair
Do au pairs provide a police certificate of good conduct?
Short answer
Yes. All our au pairs provide a Führungszeugnis (police certificate of good conduct) from their home country before departure. For many au pairs, this is not yet on file in the profile when you first get to know them, because it is often only applied for after matching with a host family.
Last updated: 12.08.2026
How the Führungszeugnis works
A Führungszeugnis (police certificate of good conduct) from the home country is among the compulsory documents for our au pairs and must be available before departure.
However, for many au pairs you will not see the Führungszeugnis the first time you look at the profile. The reason is simple: in many countries of origin the document has only limited validity, for example three months. It is therefore often only applied for once the au pair and a host family have decided on each other.
This way we avoid the Führungszeugnis expiring again during the placement or visa phase and having to be applied for a second time unnecessarily.
As soon as the current Führungszeugnis is available, it is uploaded to the au pair profile and can be viewed by you.